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India toxic alcohol kills 126 in West Bengal
Some 100 other people are being treated in hospital, with fears the death toll could rise. Many died at home, fearing police would take action against them. Toxic alcohol deaths are a regular occurrence in India. Last week, the state of Gujarat...
19 December 2011
Opposition calls on supporters to take to DRC's streets
Jacquemin Shabani, secretary general of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDSP), made the call for "peaceful and democratic demonstrations", without giving a time or place. The call comes amid growing crackdowns on opposition party...
19 December 2011
ANC's support of Zanu-PF 'in bad taste'
The four-day Zanu-PF conference in Bulawayo was also graced by representatives of other liberation movements -- the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, Tanzania's Chama Cha Mapinduzi, Mozambique's Frelimo, the Botswana Democratic Party...
19 December 2011
America, Israel, Iran: war in focus
The tensions over Iran's presumed nuclear ambitions continue in the last weeks of 2011. A number of events, and public interventions by influential figures, have raised the level of concern. In the first category are the huge explosion at...
PAUL ROGERS 19 December 2011
The euro crisis, globalisation and africa
This proposal sought to address the financial crisis which has gripped the Eurozone for well over a year now, even threatening its collapse. This crisis has originated from unsustainable national debts accumulated by some of the smaller EU...
THABO MBEKI 19 December 2011
Progress in Durban, but not enough
Poor countries and NGOs, which are dealing with the fallout from more frequent and intense natural hazards like floods and cyclones, made a breakthrough in Cancun, Mexico, in 2010, when adaptation was given the same weight as efforts to mitigate...
19 December 2011
We need a new approach to fight corruption
Over and above, communities considered the ascendancy to power of one of their own as an important thing as it signalled that it was now their time to 'eat'. In fact, a person who held a high position but did not remit ill-gotten wealth to his or her...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 19 December 2011
CDC retain softball title
Central started the game like a house on fire, bagging an impressive five runs in the opening inning. Their opponents only managed to reduce the deficit to 5-2 at the end of the bottom one inning. Central's first run came through Tebogo Bosena after...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 19 December 2011
Kalanga boys are football champs
North East fought back from 2-0 trailing in the second half to level the scores. Lobatse boys' celebrations were short lived as they failed to maintain the pace that they had started the game with. The first half of the game did not produce the...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 19 December 2011
BTV won't screen zebras' AFCON matches - Masisi
Masisi was responding to questions posed by Members of Parliament (MPs) last week after briefing them that Botswana Television (Btv) would not broadcast the games because SportFive is demanding P15 million for limited coverage of the...
NELSON DIRENG
Correspondent 19 December 2011
Golden year
The Botswana golden woman went on to be nominated for the Athletes of the Year by the International Athletics Federation (IAF), this year. She was among the top three women vying for the honour.It was a year of top-notch performance for Montsho who...
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Staff Writer 19 December 2011
2011 Best Defining moments in sports
The event: the national soccer team plays Chad in the capital N'djamena in a Group K 2012 AFCON qualifying match. Botswana needs a win to seal qualification to the continental showpiece for the very first time. Leading goal-scorer Jerome...
19 December 2011
The Monitor be MOBILE best XI
GoalkeeperNoah Maposa (GU)- The Zebras second choice goalkeeper made a move from Mochudi Centre Chiefs to Gaborone United (GU) at the start of the season. He has played a crucial part in reinforcing the former champions goalkeeping department, which...
19 December 2011
Metropolitan ditches COSAFA
Patel was handed another five year term in Gaborone just over a week ago after his only rival Danny Jordan pulled out under unclear circumstances just before the elections. Metropolitan's bombshell comes hot on the heels of pressure upon Patel and...
Thato Kala
Correspondent 19 December 2011
Food for the soul
The festive season is looming and in some countries coincidentally last Friday was a holiday which means some people had a long weekend and started their fun and games already. Holidays are great, but they can spell disaster for those people who are...
Boitshepo Giyose 19 December 2011
Locals muted as international music reign
Franco LesokwaneThe local rumba maestro resurrected his career with a well crafted album which had a controversial song that coincided with the nationwide public servants' strike. The song, Sephiri se dule became a sort of anthem for the...
Monkagedi GaotlhobogweStaff Writer 19 December 2011
Zahara proves a hit with Gabs revellers
Revellers shouted and jumped throughout the night when the South African star performed. Although she took long to appear on the stage when she finally did the crowd that filled the GICC hall to capacity livened up. It was clear that Batswana could...
Mosah Mokganedi
Correspondent 19 December 2011
Botswana's promising starlets of 2011
His performances on Btv, at corporate shows, as well as recently at the poetry festival, the Infinite Word Festival, have caught the eye of many who have since predicted that it is only a matter of time before Kay-Zee is acknowledged as one of...
19 December 2011
The street vendors of Khwai rake in forex
With their village sandwiched between the Okavango Delta and Chobe River, two of Botswana's leading tourist destinations, the street vendors of Khwai are making brisk business. One of them, Tina Tameti, says they sell items such as cigarettes, cold...
Boniface Keakabetse
Correspondent 19 December 2011
Outsourcing to improve citizen business participation
This in turn should accelerate the rate of economic growth by stimulating entrepreneurship and investment.Addressing security service providers last week, PEEPA public service outsourcing manager, Tshepo Nfila, said that outsourcing promotes better...
Keikantse Lesemela
Correspondent 19 December 2011
New beer rules are a ruse for poverty - shebeeners
The highly controversial regulations will come into effect on New Year's Day after being postponed from December 23. The assistant director of consumer affairs in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Seipati Olweny, had just explained that the...
Calistus Kolantsho
Correspondent 19 December 2011
2011 - a gruelling year for consumers
In a year in which civil servants and most private sector employees went without inflation-linked wage reviews, the price of goods and services rose steadily through the period. Most dismaying for many consumers was the fact that price increases...
Staff Writer 19 December 2011
A death of one's own
In The New York Times earlier this year, he wrote movingly both of his current enjoyment of his life, and of his plan to end it when, as he put it, "the music stops - when I can't tie my bow tie, tell a funny story, walk my dog, talk with Whitney,...
*Peter Singer 19 December 2011
Etcetera II
This is supposed to be the season of goodwill but the past week for me - and doubtless others in the Odi area - has been frustrating and ultimately infuriating. Access to the internet is being energetically promoted as one means by which,...
Sandy Grant 19 December 2011
An example of policy failure
No sooner had government started implementing the revised Self Help Housing Agency (SHHA) project than they also started to implement a turn-key program for the needy. As is the case with several new programmes before it could be pilot tested the...
19 December 2011
Issues in education
A recent study claims it has found "strong links between material and human resources and Grade 6 students' achievement in reading and mathematics. Structural features such as school shifts and school size were negatively associated with...
D.Molefe
O.Pansiri
S.Weeks 19 December 2011
The winners' code
Ernest Hemingway is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinguished authors of the 20th century. The most notable highlight of his writing career was winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for literature. Many of his works are today considered some of...
George Chingarande 19 December 2011
A bountiful 2011
In the sports arena, Amantle Montsho won anything and everything and has made this country proud. If there is any one who doesn't know Botswana now, we can't help them. It was only unfortunate that she did not make it to the top three for the award...
19 December 2011
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19 December 2011
MP calls for safe road use during festivities
Speaking during a Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund Traffic Safety Campaign in Palapye at the bus rank on Saturday, Goya said a majority of road accidents in Botswana occur mostly in towns and cities with fatalities and serious injuries recorded...
Onalenna Modikwa
Staff Writer 19 December 2011
OP sets record on re-employment straight
Nurses and other employees who were considered to be essential services workers, were dismissed during the protracted public service protest earlier this year. Some politicians have been appealing to the president to pardon the dismissed...
Lekopanye Mooketsi
Correspondent 19 December 2011
Botswana's 2011 VIPS in criticism
The First Lady of fashion and style is renowned for widely speaking about the dangers of children eating too much fatty foods with her campaign for better nutrition. However, she was captured by cameras in the second leg of the visit (Saturday) in...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 19 December 2011
A peep into 2011
During the year civil servants embarked on an unprecedented industrial strike, the first ever legal strike in the history of this country. The workers downed tools for almost eight weeks. A lot of services were disrupted particularly the school...
Kagiso Sekokonyane
Staff Writer 19 December 2011
567 resume Botswana citizenship
He said in 2010, the department approved 213 resumption applications, while 106 applications were approved in 2009. Recently, while applying for the new e-passports, a number of people were left in shock when they found out they were not regarded as...
Gothataone Moeng
Staff Writer 19 December 2011
Women in news programme hailed
This programme will develop leadership among women in the African media. He said it equips women with sustainable strategies, skills and support networks to advance careers and contribute to the growth of local media enterprises. He said this is a...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 19 December 2011
WUC to ban fishing for breeding space
In a message posted on Facebook, the utility has advised fishermen that its dams will remain out of bounds to them throughout January and February in the New Year. The restriction, which will apply to both commercial and leisure fishing, is...
Maranyane Ngwanaamotho
Staff Writer 19 December 2011
The day Venson-Moitoi sneaked out the back
It all started at Lobatse Senior Secondary School where students posted notices around the school calling for a revolution in support of their striking teachers. In the notices, the students complained that the strike had led to a halt in their...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 19 December 2011
Your MPs in Parliament
Deputy SpeakerTreading on thin ice. Not as independent as his boss. Has made some decisions and pronouncements that have raised many questions. Leader of Opposition - ExcellentFar much better than his immediate predecessors Olebile...
Bame Piet
Staff Writer 19 December 2011
Mpai clarifies Barclays retrenchment issues
Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Mpai said the issue of the Barclays retrenchments had been a thorny one.Some of the bank's employees have allegedly threatened to stage a nationwide strike early next year over unfair dismissals. He...
Nelson Direng
Correspondent 19 December 2011
America, Israel, Iran: war in focus
The tensions over Iran's presumed nuclear ambitions continue in the last weeks of 2011. A number of events, and public interventions by influential figures, have raised the level of concern. In the first category are the huge explosion at...
PAUL ROGERS 20 December 2011
The euro crisis, globalisation and africa
This proposal sought to address the financial crisis which has gripped the Eurozone for well over a year now, even threatening its collapse. This crisis has originated from unsustainable national debts accumulated by some of the smaller EU...
THABO MBEKI 20 December 2011
Progress in Durban, but not enough
Poor countries and NGOs, which are dealing with the fallout from more frequent and intense natural hazards like floods and cyclones, made a breakthrough in Cancun, Mexico, in 2010, when adaptation was given the same weight as efforts to mitigate...
20 December 2011
We need a new approach to fight corruption
Over and above, communities considered the ascendancy to power of one of their own as an important thing as it signalled that it was now their time to 'eat'. In fact, a person who held a high position but did not remit ill-gotten wealth to his or her...
LAWRENCE OOKEDITSE
Correspondent 20 December 2011
A death of one's own
In The New York Times earlier this year, he wrote movingly both of his current enjoyment of his life, and of his plan to end it when, as he put it, "the music stops - when I can't tie my bow tie, tell a funny story, walk my dog, talk with Whitney,...
*Peter Singer 20 December 2011
Etcetera II
This is supposed to be the season of goodwill but the past week for me - and doubtless others in the Odi area - has been frustrating and ultimately infuriating. Access to the internet is being energetically promoted as one means by which,...
Sandy Grant 20 December 2011
An example of policy failure
No sooner had government started implementing the revised Self Help Housing Agency (SHHA) project than they also started to implement a turn-key program for the needy. As is the case with several new programmes before it could be pilot tested the...
20 December 2011
Issues in education
A recent study claims it has found "strong links between material and human resources and Grade 6 students' achievement in reading and mathematics. Structural features such as school shifts and school size were negatively associated with...
D.Molefe
O.Pansiri
S.Weeks 20 December 2011
The winners' code
Ernest Hemingway is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinguished authors of the 20th century. The most notable highlight of his writing career was winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for literature. Many of his works are today considered some of...
George Chingarande 20 December 2011
A peep into 2011
During the year civil servants embarked on an unprecedented industrial strike, the first ever legal strike in the history of this country. The workers downed tools for almost eight weeks. A lot of services were disrupted particularly the school...
Kagiso Sekokonyane
Staff Writer 20 December 2011
The day Venson-Moitoi sneaked out the back
It all started at Lobatse Senior Secondary School where students posted notices around the school calling for a revolution in support of their striking teachers. In the notices, the students complained that the strike had led to a halt in their...
Baboki Kayawe
Staff Writer 20 December 2011
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